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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It was definitely a huge leap to leave the corporate world (and the salary and security that comes with it) and start a company. By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

How do you achieve some level of economic security? To put everything I’d learned through my SocialNet experience into another shot on goal as a founder. Then, in 2000, after five crazy years where founders could attract millions in venture capital based on little more than a good URL, the dot-com bubble burst.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code. Two reasons, we like to have some base experience and.Net makes a great language to hammer out fast solutions that work and are reasonably secure. It is clear that good software engineers avoid you.

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